International Teachers of English Conference Abstracts

India

English Language Teaching in Gujarat: Problems and Suggestions -- Pranav Joshipura

Language is a complex phenomenon, more so when it is the question of India. For, the country has huge regional, cultural, sociological, and linguistic diversities. It is therefore difficult for any one language to be acceptable everywhere.

This paper aims at studying English Language Teaching in Gujarat, a progressive state of India. A sudden but huge demand of English speaking persons in various industries saw Gujarati youth lagging behind others in their ability to speak English. The government has decided to teach English to children since their entry into schools. It is hoped that this shall create good English speaking youngsters in future.

But all might not be well even thereafter. There are problems at various levels in teaching English language. This paper attempts to find out these problems and make certain suggestions to overcome them.